< 民數記 18 >
1 耶和華對亞倫說:「你和你的兒子,並你本族的人,要一同擔當干犯聖所的罪孽。你和你的兒子也要一同擔當干犯祭司職任的罪孽。
And YHWH says to Aaron, “You, and your sons, and the house of your father with you, bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you bear the iniquity of your priesthood;
2 你要帶你弟兄利未人,就是你祖宗支派的人前來,使他們與你聯合,服事你,只是你和你的兒子,要一同在法櫃的帳幕前供職。
and also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, and they are joined to you, and serve you, even you and your sons with you, before the Tent of the Testimony.
3 他們要守所吩咐你的,並守全帳幕,只是不可挨近聖所的器具和壇,免得他們和你們都死亡。
And they have kept your charge, and the charge of all the tent; only, they do not come near to the vessels of the holy place and to the altar, and they do not die, either they or you;
4 他們要與你聯合,也要看守會幕,辦理帳幕一切的事,只是外人不可挨近你們。
and they have been joined to you and have kept the charge of the Tent of Meeting for all the service of the tent; and a stranger does not come near to you;
and you have kept the charge of the holy place and the charge of the altar, and there is no more wrath against the sons of Israel.
6 我已將你們的弟兄利未人從以色列人中揀選出來歸耶和華,是給你們為賞賜的,為要辦理會幕的事。
And I, behold, have taken your brothers the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; they are a gift given to you by YHWH to do the service of the Tent of Meeting;
7 你和你的兒子要為一切屬壇和幔子內的事一同守祭司的職任。你們要這樣供職;我將祭司的職任給你們當作賞賜事奉我。凡挨近的外人必被治死。」
and you and your sons with you keep your priesthood for everything of the altar and within the veil, and you have served; I make your priesthood a gift [for] service; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.”
8 耶和華曉諭亞倫說:「我已將歸我的舉祭,就是以色列人一切分別為聖的物,交給你經管;因你受過膏,把這些都賜給你和你的子孫,當作永得的分。
And YHWH speaks to Aaron: “And I, behold, have given to you the charge of My raised-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel—I have given them to you and to your sons for the anointing, by a continuous statute.
9 以色列人歸給我至聖的供物,就是一切的素祭、贖罪祭、贖愆祭,其中所有存留不經火的,都為至聖之物,要歸給你和你的子孫。
This is yours from the most holy things, from the fire: all their offering, of all their present, and of all their sin-offering, and of all their guilt-offering, which they give back to Me, is most holy to you and to your sons;
10 你要拿這些當至聖物吃;凡男丁都可以吃。你當以此物為聖。
you eat it among the most holy things; every male eats it; it is holy to you.
11 以色列人所獻的舉祭並搖祭都是你的;我已賜給你和你的兒女,當作永得的分;凡在你家中的潔淨人都可以吃。
And this [is] yours: the raised-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you, and to your sons, and to your daughters with you, by a continuous statute; every clean one in your house eats it;
12 凡油中、新酒中、五穀中至好的,就是以色列人所獻給耶和華初熟之物,我都賜給你。
all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat—their first-[fruits] which they give to YHWH—I have given them to you.
13 凡從他們地上所帶來給耶和華初熟之物也都要歸與你。你家中的潔淨人都可以吃。
The first-fruits of all that [is] in their land, which they bring to YHWH, are yours; every clean one in your house eats it;
every devoted thing in Israel is yours;
15 他們所有奉給耶和華的,連人帶牲畜,凡頭生的,都要歸給你;只是人頭生的,總要贖出來;不潔淨牲畜頭生的,也要贖出來。
everyone opening a womb of all flesh which they bring near to YHWH, among man and among beast, is yours; only, you certainly ransom the firstborn of man, and you ransom the firstling of the unclean beast.
16 其中在一月之外所當贖的,要照你所估定的價,按聖所的平,用銀子五舍客勒贖出來(一舍客勒是二十季拉)。
And their ransomed ones from a son of a month, you ransom with your valuation [for] five shekels of silver, by the shekel of the holy place; it [is] twenty gerahs.
17 只是頭生的牛,或是頭生的綿羊和山羊,必不可贖,都是聖的,要把牠的血灑在壇上,把牠的脂油焚燒,當作馨香的火祭獻給耶和華。
Only, the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you do not ransom, they [are] holy: you sprinkle their blood on the altar, and you make incense of their fat [as] a fire-offering of refreshing fragrance to YHWH;
18 牠的肉必歸你,像被搖的胸、被舉的右腿歸你一樣。
and their flesh is yours, as the breast of the wave-offering and as the right leg are yours.
19 凡以色列人所獻給耶和華聖物中的舉祭,我都賜給你和你的兒女,當作永得的分。這是給你和你的後裔、在耶和華面前作為永遠的鹽約。」
All the raised-offerings of the holy things, which the sons of Israel lift up to YHWH, I have given to you, and to your sons, and to your daughters with you, by a continuous statute—a covenant of salt; it [is] continuous before YHWH to you and to your seed with you.”
20 耶和華對亞倫說:「你在以色列人的境內不可有產業,在他們中間也不可有分。我就是你的分,是你的產業。」
And YHWH says to Aaron, “You do not inherit in their land, and you do not have a portion in their midst: I [am] your portion and your inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel;
21 「凡以色列中出產的十分之一,我已賜給利未的子孫為業;因他們所辦的是會幕的事,所以賜給他們為酬他們的勞。
and to the sons of Levi, behold, have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving—the service of the Tent of Meeting.
22 從今以後,以色列人不可挨近會幕,免得他們擔罪而死。
And the sons of Israel no longer come near to the Tent of Meeting, to bear sin, to die,
23 惟獨利未人要辦會幕的事,擔當罪孽;這要作你們世世代代永遠的定例。他們在以色列人中不可有產業;
and the Levites have done the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they bear their iniquity; [it is] a continuous statute throughout your generations that they have no inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel;
24 因為以色列人中出產的十分之一,就是獻給耶和華為舉祭的,我已賜給利未人為業。所以我對他們說:『在以色列人中不可有產業。』」
but the tithe of the sons of Israel which they lift up to YHWH, a raised-offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said of them, They have no inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel.”
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
26 「你曉諭利未人說:你們從以色列人中所取的十分之一,就是我給你們為業的,要再從那十分之一中取十分之一作為舉祭獻給耶和華,
“And you speak to the Levites, and you have said to them: When you take the tithe from the sons of Israel which I have given to you from them for your inheritance, then you have lifted up the raised-offering of YHWH from it, a tithe of the tithe;
and your raised-offering has been reckoned to you as grain from the threshing-floor and as the fullness from the wine-vat;
28 這樣,你們從以色列人中所得的十分之一也要作舉祭獻給耶和華,從這十分之一中,將所獻給耶和華的舉祭歸給祭司亞倫。
so you lift up—you also—the raised-offering of YHWH from all your tithes which you receive from the sons of Israel; and you have given the raised-offering of YHWH from it to Aaron the priest;
29 奉給你們的一切禮物,要從其中將至好的,就是分別為聖的,獻給耶和華為舉祭。
out of all your gifts you lift up every raised-offering of YHWH, out of all its fat—its hallowed part—out of it.
30 所以你要對利未人說:你們從其中將至好的舉起,這就算為你們場上的糧,又如酒醡的酒。
And you have said to them: In your lifting up its fat out of it, then it has been reckoned to the Levites as increase of a threshing-floor and as increase of a wine-vat;
31 你們和你們家屬隨處可以吃;這原是你們的賞賜,是酬你們在會幕裏辦事的勞。
and you have eaten it in every place, you and your households, for it [is] your hire in exchange for your service in the Tent of Meeting;
32 你們從其中將至好的舉起,就不致因這物擔罪。你們不可褻瀆以色列人的聖物,免得死亡。」
and you bear no sin for it in your lifting up its fat out of it, but you do not defile the holy things of the sons of Israel, and you do not die.”